Catanese Nero
Catanese Nero is a red wine that is cultivated in the Italian region of Sicily . It is usually expanded in a blend with other varieties. Although their cultivation in the metropolitan city of Palermo and the Free Municipal Consortia of Trapani and Agrigento is recommended, the planted vineyard area was a moderate 120 hectares in the 1990s .
The grape variety was first described by the ampelographers A. Mazzei and A. Zappala.
The Carricante grape variety is hidden under the synonym Catanese Bianco .
Synonyms
The Catanese Nero grape variety is also known under the names Vespalora and Vesparola.
Ampelographic varietal characteristics
In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:
- The shoot tip is open. It is hairy with white wool and the tips are colored carmine red. The spotted bronze-colored young leaves are only hairy like a cobweb.
- The medium-sized leaves are five-lobed and deeply indented. The stem bay is open U-shaped. The blade is bluntly serrated.
- The cone-shaped grape is medium-sized, shouldered and dense berries. The rounded to slightly elliptical berries are large and bluish-black in color.
The grape variety ripens about 30 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen late in international comparison. In Sicily, the variety can be harvested at the end of September.
The moderately growing variety is very susceptible to gray mold rot .
Web links
- Catanese Nero in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)
literature
- Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .